Lane County
Historian
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The Lane County Historical Society
Ethan Newman, President, 2161 University Street, Eugene, OR 97403
Alta Nelson, Membership Secretary, P0 Box 11532, Eugene, OR 97440
Lane County Historian, Vol. 40, Number 1, Spring 1995
Ken Metzler, Editor, 2051 East 26th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97403
(Phone 503/343-4496; e-mail: kmetz@oregon.uoregon.edu)
Janet Burg and Dorothy Corkery, Assistant Editors
Lois Barton, Contributing Editor
Contents
Footnotes to history
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On foot from Eugene to the coast and back in 1897. . . . 6
Spanning a century with Ferry Street Bridges
14
Film flam: the story of a "legal" scam
22
The Masonic Cemetery
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Rose Bowl mania: the spice of historical coincidence. 26
Keith Richard's trivia quiz answers
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Cover
Life on the WillametteRiver in Eugene in 1905. This rowboat even carries bicycles
(on the bow end, not shown) for the classic in-style Eugene type ofouting. They're
just upstream from the bridge that crosses the river, eventually known as the Ferry
Street Bridge. This was the first bridge to bear that name, and two more would
come later. More photos and comments on Ferry Street Bridges on page 14. Photo
courtesy of Lane County Historical Museum.
ISSN 0458-7227
Footnotes to history
A collection of vignettes and curiosities about Lane County
histoiy, such as:A pamphlet full of historical trivia, a quiz on
trivia, also data on transportation and entertainment in 1940,
and the results of a membership questionnaire.
The day's news, 1868-1875
It sat on a library shelf at the University of Oregon, and it bore the title,
"Old Times With Lane County Pioneers."
An unpretentious document, it
looked like a mini-magazine, typewritten, with a cover sketch ofthe Lane
County Courthouse of 1855.
The
pamphlet showed no date, but clearly
was a product of the 1930s Works
Progress Administration.
It contains a fascinating array of
historical triviabrief accounts ofLane
County's first churches and a mention
of the great Willamette River flood of
1861 where, in the present town of
Junction City, the water rose at the
rate of afoot an hour. It even recalls the
comment, in the Eugene City Guard,
by a certain Mrs. Miller who urged the
reading public not to misjudge her hus-
band simply because he had deserted
her.
The errant husband was none other
than Joaquin Miller, the highly proclaimed poet of the Sierras and erstwhile sensation of the London literary
society.
"Pioneers," the pamphlet asks, "do
you remember when
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"Paul Bunyan dumped a load of dirt
from his wagon and made Spencer
Butte?
"Trent was called Rattlesnake?
"Irving was called Yellow Dog?
"Lancaster was called Woodyville?
"The Oregonian, May 2, 1857, ran an
editorial on education, pointing out
the probability that Columbia would
have to compete with another college in Eugene City?"
Given that about 80 years had
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elapsed between the date of that editorial and the probable date of the pamphietin thelate 1930s, itseemsunlikely
that anyone would remember the editorial. The short-lived Columbia College, which inspired the name College
Duniway fulfilled the editor's worst
expectations.)
'Prisoners of the countyjail sawed out
part of a wall, and on a March day in
1872 contrived a thrilling escape.
An imposing list of advertisers ap-
Hill in Eugene, was but a memory peared in the
when the University of Oregon opened
in 1876.
The news briefs, culled from the
pages of the Eugene City Guard, offer
the most charming glimpses of early
life. Samples:
P. G. Lemley discovered the identity
of the person who had stolen the
year before two sets of wagon hubs.
Mr. Lemley advertised in the Guard,
March 29, 1869, that he would not
prosecute if the thief would mail
him $20 in greenbacks.
City Guard, January 30,
1868, states it will exercise all of its
influence to abate the nuisance of
the Hurdy Gurdy about to be operated in the city.
'In the July31 [no year given] issue of
the Guard, a brave pioneer advertised for a wife. He required that she
should be able to milk cows, tend
children, and play the piano.
On March 27, 1869, the Guard was
obliged to reprove a number of Eu-
The Eugene
Guard
for January 7,
1879.
Bristow & Co., drygoods, groceries, etc., since 1860.
Friendly and Lauer, general mdse.
L. Ackerman, clothing and dry
goods.
F. B. Dunn, hardware and agricultural instruments, also organs.
Grey and Co., agents for Wells
Fargo.
Rosenblatt, general mdse.
Goldsmith, general mdse.
Osburn and Co., drugs.
Ellsworth and Belshaw, drugs.
Steinheiser, grocery.
Coon Widmer, tobacco, candy,
toys and post office.
Ben Darns, hardware.
Bragg and Sam Ashley, saddles.
Drs. Harrhold and Rubell, den-
tists.
James F. Brown, stationery.
Titus and Matlock, livery stables.
Forbes and Co., photographers.
Joseph and H. C. Perkins, fruit
geneyouthsfortheirhabitofindulg- and ornamental trees.
ing in fisticuffs and wrestling beWilliam Worth, blacksmithing.
hind the Arcade Saloon.
John Killingsworth, baker
'According to the Guard, February 3,
Dr. Foley, physician.
1872, "A female woman by the name
ofAngelina Jane Duniway lectured
at the courthouse on Thursday and
Friday evenings; we infer she is one
of the strong minded, but whence
she came, or whether she goes, we
Mr. Dorris, attorney.
The brochure devoted a page to Lane
County churches, starting with the first
church to be built in Eugene,
Cumberland Presbyterian, 1857, offi-
ciated over by pastor Gillespie, the
know and care not." (A few days grandfather of Cal Young. In 1855
later the Guard asserts that Mrs. Presbyterians held services in the
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Keith Richard's trivia quiz
How well do you know your local university? Continuing our
traditional Historical Trivia Quiz, we turn this time to the University of Oregon and Keith Richard, who maintains the University's
archives in Fenton Hall, once the home of the school's library. Please
answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Answers
appear on page 28.
Autzen Stadium is the fourth football field at
the U. of 0. Can you think of the other three and
where they were located? Names? How many Rose
Bowl teams played on those fields?
What was the first institute established at the
University? It has gained a national reputation,
attracts students and researchers from across the
LSCHOOL
United States, and has become a much-appreciated
part of its community.
Two current United States senators, one a
Republican and one a Democrat, attended the University of Oregon.
Neither one represents the State of Oregon. Can you name them and
the state they represent?
The University's original observatory was located on land that
the University owned on Skinner Butte. The observatory closed but
the telescope moved onfour times in fact. Where? Where is it now?
The School of Law started in Portland in 1884 and was moved
to the Eugene campus in 1915. It occupied two other buildings prior
to its move to the present Law Center. What were those buildings?
Deady Hall, the oldest building on campus, was constructed on
land purchased with private money, and the building itself was paid
for by private funds. These were the first gifts to the State of Oregon
by private individuals in support of higher education. Several other
buildings have since been constructed through private donations.
Among them are the Museum of Art, the Chiles Business Center,
and the Bowerman Family Building. But four of the buildings on the
campus were paid for by a mix of federal money and student building
fees, and art work was mandated as part of the construction. (a)
What are those four buildings? (b) When were they built? (c) What
federal program paid for the construction? (d) What federal program
paid for the art work?
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schoothouse on Row River. The first in the near future.
Methodist Church in Eugene was orA small spider on the ground before
ganized in 1854 in the Zumwalt log you means good luck.
cabin, one and one-half miles west of
A portent of death occurs when you
Eugene City.
hear a gate open and shut, even though
no one is there.
Perils of early feminism
Support for women's voting rights was
strong enough in Lane County to bring
about passage of the women's suffrage
measure in 1900, some 12 years ahead
of the statewide measure. Even so, the
movement was not without local opposition. TheEugene City Guard called the
For curly hair in a child, rub its head
with goose oil after washing.
If green toads jump back and forth
across your path in the garden, you will
receive money.
(From a collection of folk beliefs
gathered by Anne Hubbard, from the
book, The Well-Traveled Casket: A
feminists "she-roosters," "strong- Collection of Oregon Folklife, by Tom
minded females," and "the vinegar- Nash and Twilo Scofield, 1992.)
faced squad."
One of these "she-roosters" was
How's the society doing?
Abigail Scott Duniway, a "spirited" The Lane County Historical Society is
speaker who spoke frequently in Lane
County. Sometimes, Duniwaymetwith
more than name-calling when she came
to town. On more than one occasion, an
opponent locked Duniway out of a lecture hall where she had been invited to
speak. (From An illustrated History of
the Emerald Empire, by Dorothy
Velasco, 1985.)
Elmira-area superstitions and cures
doing okay, according to its members.
Last Fall the society sent questionnaires to its 500 members to ask their
overall opinion of the society. Several
additional questions focused on specific activities. At this writing 135
members (27%) have returned questionnaires, according to society treasurer Donald T. Smith, who tallied the
responses.
So what's your overall opinion of the
For warts, steal your mother's dishrag
society? Of the members answering
that question, 82 per cent said they
and bury it after rubbing it on your
were "very well satisfied," and 18 per-
warts.
Leaves turned to their undersides
means rain is on the way.
If the winter sky is green, there will
be cold weather.
If someone gives you a knife as a
present, you must give at least a penny
in return or the knife will eventually
cent "moderately satisfied." Nobody
checked the "indifferent" or "dissatisfied" options.
Should the society step up its level of
activity? Most (85%) said the present
level was okay; the remaining 15 percent suggested higher levels.
What eras of local history are you
most interested in learning about in
If your coffee or tea has bubbles the Historian? Just about all eras, it
cut you.
around the top, you will receive money
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turns out, with a slight preference for
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the Oregon Trail-settlement era, 1843
to 1865. The percentages of respondents opting for various eras are:
Before 1843 (9.9%), 1843 to 1865
(23.4%), 1865 to 1898 (18.1%), 18981918 (19.9%), 1918 to 1941 (18.1%),
and after 1941 (10.5%).
Matlock's cure
Eugene's first "select" school, established before Eugene's incorporation,
was a log house built on the Fielding
McMurry donation land claim sometime around 1853. Opened by Miss
willing to write articles on local history
Sarah Ann Moore, its location was near
the Masonic Cemetery at a place called
"point of the hills." Mrs. E. A. Barette
for the Historian, and those members
can expect calls from the editor soon.
recalls her mother's story about a
"wildly exciting" day at the school. The
And, for the record, it's not too late to
excitement began in the middle of an
arithmetic lesson, when a rattlesnake
Thirteen persons said they'd be
send in your questionnaire if you
haven't done so already.
Transportation and
entertainment, 1940
crawled up from a space in the flooring
and bit a young studentnamed Matlock.
'There was shrieking, and running,
and much advice. The young Matlock
In 1940, Eugene's airport at 18th and
Chambers had no regularly scheduled
services. There were two railroad sta-
administered his own cure and the
only one at handa pocket-knife, and
strenuous sucking to get rid of the
tions, the Southern Pacific on Wil-
poison. He didn't die, but readin' and
writin' and 'rithmetic did, and the pu-
lamette Street and the Oregon Electric
Station at Fifth & Oak. City bus fare
was 7, or you could buy a four-ride
card for 25t and save three. The Pacific
Greyhound Line, Oregon MotorStages,
Independent Motor Stages, The Dollar
Line, and the Ben Franklin Line served
passengers from three downtown locations. Taxi rides cost 24c and upwards
based on distance and number of passengers. There were six hotels, numerous rooming houses, and several tour-
pils scurried over the hills homeward."
(From The Story of Eugene, by Lucia
W. Moore, Nina W. McCornack, and
Gladys W. McCready, 1949.)
Fish tale
As the story goes, the Seavey boys,
Tom, Will, James, Jess, and John rowed
out onto the McKenzie River one day in
the 1890s and caught a few rainbow
trout. Well, make that a few hundred.
ist camps. KORE was the only radio Make that 500 "redsides" and not one
station, but there were five motion of them less than 12 inches, "heads off."
picture houses. LaurelwoodGolfCourse The Seavey's catch was taken to the
and Oakway Golf Course were both top of Skinner's Butte and cooked on
open for business, charging 25ct for metal sheet stoves placed over undernine holes. The Oregon Trail Pageant ground fire pits. The guests, a convenwas held every three years in July. tion of editors from across the country
(Compiled by workers of the Writers' who arrived on a special train, were led
Program of the Works Projects Ad- up the hillside and treated to one unministration, in Oregon: End of the forgettable fish fry. (From The Story of
Trail, 1940.)
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Eugene, 1949.)
On foot from Eugene to the
coast and back in 1897
It was spring break, and they were a trio of footloose
college students seeking adventure. Destination, the lighthouse
at Heceta Head (shown here as it appeared in 1890). They found
friendly natives everywhere, even in Corvallis.
By J. ft Barber
Photos courtesy of Lane County Historical Museum
"I'm on the way, I'm on the way
O'er hills and vales to Yaquina Bay,
With the clouds above and the mud below
And the rain apouring wherever Igo."
II through the year DeLashmutt, Whittlesey, and I had
been planning to take some kind of a trip in the spring
vacation. We were a little doubtful whether to go to
mountains or seacoast until shortly before vacation began, when so much snow fell that we had to give up all thought of the
mountains.
The seacoast trip was very tempting; eighty miles west to Florence,
forty miles, as we thought, north on the coast to Newport, seventy
miles east again to Corvallis, and forty
miles home again.
"'Why," said Whittlesey "that is only
two hundred and thirty miles, and we
can average twenty-three miles a day
like a daisy and get back not more than
a day late."
If the sanguine walker had known
times in the space of three or four
miles, we thought it would be best to
eat a good supper at the postmaster's
house, and dry off a little by the fire
before trying to sleep in wet clothes.
A. fter a good night's rest in a barn,
that it was sixty miles up the coast we left at an early hour and went down
instead of forty, he would, perhaps, the road along Lake Creek, following
have been less eager. However, fully the north bank. The scenery on this
equipped for the start, with blankets,
frying-pan, grub, and oilcloths strapped
in neat packs to our shoulders, we left
the dormitory at 1p.m., Friday, April 2.
little river is very beautiful. Sandstone
cliffs, half covered with moss and small
trees, raise their triangular pinnacles
against the sky. Below, the river goes
The first thing to do was to elect foaming and roaring towards the sea,
officers; so before we had got through making some splendid cascades and
town it was settled that DeLashmutt wearing huge blue caves in its lofty
was to be Chief Geologist and bacon- banks. One place in particular called
fryer, that Whittlesey was to hold the forth our most enthusiastic admiraoffice of Botanist and dishwasher (he tion. It is a bend in the river where the
had an easy job), and I was to be the road climbs over a point known as
Grand Prevaricator and coffee boiler. Cape Horn. Looking behind us up the
The office of Prevaricator involves valley we could see in the background
giving the official account. All others a sheer cliff, standing like a pile of
are likely to be false and should not be pyramids. A little nearer, the stream
regarded seriously.
spreads around a wooded bend, a white
Our first day's journey carried us torrent, into a deep pool below. Right
over a very fiat, muddy, and uninter- across the canyon the wooded mounesting road to Elmira. Here we had a tain, its summit covered with clouds,
very good supper of bacon, bread and towered up into the sky. It was hard for
coffee, and slept in a barn.
us to tear ourselves from such an enNext day we crossed the mountains chanted spot.
by the Lake Creek trail, which branches
About ten miles below Deadwood,
from the main road about twelve miles
from Elmira and saves about ten miles.
the creek flows into the Siuslaw River.
Here the main stage route comes down
It carried us over some very steep the deep Siuslaw valley and, having
mountains, some of them with snow on
crossedthe united rivers,joins the Lake
their summits. There was one canyon
we had to pass through, at least fifteen
hundred feet deep. We arrived at
Creek Road. We kept straight on towards Seaton [Mapletoni, the head of
tide, arriving there at about noon. The
Deadwood post office at dusk, and, as it
day was a model one for walking,
had been raining all afternoon and we
had crossed several creeks, one seven
showery, but sunshiny. The road followed the river all along, except where
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some gorge or cliff would drive it up
In spite of the Botanist's erratic
into the woods. There were some small
creeks to cross,but we always managed
to find foot logs.
At Seaton we found that everybody
steering, we reached Florence before
dark, having pulled continuously for
four hours and a half. On our way we
passed a great stone quarry, several
had gone down the river to church
except Mr. Knowles, the storekeeper.
He had attended the University in 1885,
and when he found that we were students he was hospitality itself to us. He
mills, one or two canneries, and a
salmon hatchery, located just below
Seaton. In Florence the barn we slept
in belonged to a Mr. Hayes, whom we
met in the hotel after supper. Mr. Hayes
started a fire in his stove, cooked us is a mighty hunter, and his walls are
some eggs, made coffee, and gave us decorated with many trophies of the
some delicious Siuslaw honey. This chase.
comes from the maple flowers and is
perfect in whiteness and fragrance.
We passed a very pleasant hour WIe were aroused at a very early
chatting with Mr. Knowles, leaving in hour next morning by an enormous
a boat at about half past two. The rooster, who sang us a solo from abeam
change from walking to rowing was overhead. As breakfast used up the
very pleasant to us, especially to the last of our bacon, we tried to buy some
Botanist, who steered. After we had at each of the three stores in Florence,
gone haifa mile or so down stream the but alas! The Siuslaw bar had been
Geologist remarked: "By jinx! I know rough for some weeks past, and the
now why Walter never goes boat-riding steamer that was to have gone to
Yaquina Bay for supplies lay weather
on the millrace."
"You fellows had better take a turn bound at the wharf. So we shook the
at steering, ifyou think it's so easy, and dust of Florence's sandy streets off our
let me row awhile," said the Botanist. feet and came to the mouth of the
"It's beastly cold sitting still in this
wind."
"You oughtn't to let a little thing like
that bother you," said the Prevarica-
tor. "Don't get discouraged; you're
learning. We haven't hit the bank for
five minutes."
Siuslaw that morning. On the way up
we passed the governmentjetty, which
is sadly out of repair. Soon after leaving the mouth, having turned our faces
northward, we came around a bend in
the beach and saw Heceta Head. On
our way we found a good many pretty
Editor's note: This article appeared in the student-produced magazine, University
of Oregon Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, May 1897, under the title, 'Three Boys on the
Road." Through the alumni records, University of Oregon archivist Keith
Richard was able to learn of the subsequent careers of two of the trio. Author J.
R. Barber became a medical doctor serving in Portland. Walter Whittlesey taught
economics at Princeton University. The records contained no post-graduate
information about Mr. DeL ashm utt.
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shells, starfish, and sand-dials. Out in
the breakers seal were swimming, and
now and then one would raise up and
look at us with an almost human curiosity.
We waded a small creek about noon
and ate a very scanty lunch of pilot
bread and dried peaches, just before
coming to the mountain road over the
head. This was said to be four miles
howled through the cracks. There was
a marsh near the barn, well supplied
with frogs, who croaked all night long.
On the whole, the place was well wor-
thy of the name we gave it, Camp
Misery.
when we turned out next day, the
rain had stopped and the sun was
long, but after we had walked it we beginning to push the clouds away.
thought it was at least six, and long After another vegetable meal, we went
ones at that. It began to rain when we
had gone a mile or so, and when we
came to the lighthouse at half past
three we were soaked through. We
looked up the lighthouse keeper, Mr.
Hald, who kindly showed us through
the light, explaining everything to us.
Heceta Head light is a revolving one,
giving a flash every minute. Itis visible
from a distance of forty miles.
on along a pebbly beach, which grew
narrower, until finally it ceased altogether, and we had to scramble over
the rocks for three or four miles, crossing several small creeks, and seeing
one beautiful waterfall, about fifty feet
high. Athalf past nine we came to Ten
Mile Creek, which was crossed in a
boat. There were some men with a pack
horse just beyond it, and one of them
offered to go with us as far as Cape
Perpetua and show us the road. Soon
a steep trail a mile long, arriving at the after leaving the creek we were caught
beach late that afternoon, a wet, be- in a heavy shower, which cleared the
draggled, and tired trio. After half an clouds off, and showed us the blue sky.
hour of silent progress along the sand, Our way carried us partly along among
the Prevaricator exclaimed; "Give us the rocks, where we could see the beauthis night our nightly barn, and we will tiful sea-anemones waving their delidie in peace."
cate green tentacles in the still pools,
"Think of making a supper of crack- and partly over the cliffs, where we
We stayed at the lighthouse for an
hour and then went on over theheadby
ers and coffee," groaned the Geologist.
"I think you might have worked him
for a feed;" said the hungry Botanist.
"Who?"
could look far out over the sea. At about
noon we came to Cape Perpetua, a bold
headland, where the trail passes about
a hundred and fifty feet above the
"The lighthouse keeper, of course."
At about dark we reached our barn,
andhaving obtained permission to sleep
breakers. Looking south from here, we
could see point after point running out
in it, we turned in, after a strictly
Opposite: The lighthouse at Heceta
Head as it appeared in 1915.
vegetarian supper. That night it rained
pitchforks and blew great guns. The
boards on the sides were three or four
inches apart and the wind simply
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into the ocean, with surf breaking over
rowed by a Dutchman with a large
innumerable rocks. To the north we
abdominal development, and came to
could see an endless expanse of brown
Newport at three o'clock. Here we were
John
hospitably received by our
Loomis' family and stopped until noon
next day.
beach, all wavy with sun heat, while
beyond, and almost out of sight, a long
blue line marked Cape Foulweather,
forty-five miles away. Below us lay the
dark blue Pacific, with white caps tossing in the strong breeze, and the bright
Newport is a great deal more
sun glinting from the curves of the
pleasant in April than in August. Everything seems fresher, and there are
no noisy crowds of summer resorters.
billows.
We would have liked to stay longer, but
Passing on, we crossed Yahatz it was Wednesday then and we had
[Yachats] Creek and came to a small
more than a hundred miles to go before
house on the very margin of the ocean.
Here for the small sum often cents we
got a most bountiful meal of bread and
milk, boiled mussels and pie. We had
Monday. So we left at about one,
Thursday afternoon, and after five
hours of hot, dusty hill-climbing,
noticed a great many piles of mussel
shells along the coast, where the old
Indian camps used to be, and we had
pitied the poor savages for having to
country, we came to the little station of
live on shellfish, but when we had once
tasted, our pity turned to envy.
light blue sandstone. This is taken to
Yaquina City by rail and shipped from
there to San Francisco.
WJe came to the beach about a quar-
storming, we went on along the rail-
ter of a mile beyond, and followed it as
far as Alsea Bay, where we arrived at a
through a short tunnel and having a
through an uninteresting, burnt-over
Pioneer, where the road and railroad
cross. Here there is a large stone quarry,
from which they take out a very pretty
Next day, after our usual barnroad track for eight miles or so, passing
little after five. That afternoon we narrow escape from the train. We left
passed two men working the black the track at Little Elk and took the
sand for gold. They said they were wagon road to Blodgett, saving about
making money at it. As we went along
five miles over the track. But the sev-
the bay beach we noticed a most exquisitely delicate jade-green color, in
the breakers at the mouth.
We came into Waldport at sunset
and, after a hearty supper at the Alsea
enteen miles to Blodgett were very
long and, at about three in the afternoon, the Prevaricator asked an old
House, one of the two rival caravansa-
ries of this great emporium, crossed
the bay and slept, not in a barn, but in
a vacant house. Next day we went up
woman how much further it was. She
turned around, blew a cloud of rank
tobacco from her black old pipe, and
said; "Hit es ten mile, I reckon." But it
wasn't ten miles and we came into
Blodgett in good season, having seen a
the beach to Yaquina Bay, passing very pretty panorama oftheWillamette
Seal Rock and the Life Saving Station.
valley from the summit. Having eaten
We crossed the bay in a small boat and barned we left next day in a driz12
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zling rain. About five miles from I'll give you supper for two bits apiece."
Blodgett we caught up with a Salvation Army man, who had started for
Newport, on his way to San Francisco,
but had changed his mind and was
coming back to Corvallis. He seemed to
enjoy the Prevaricator's company and,
after vainly trying to shock his morals,
the poor perverter of the truth had to
run almost in order to get rid of him.
"All we can eat?" asked the wary
Botanist."
"You bet!" said the man.
We followed him and made his eyes
stick out about a yard as he watched us
eat. The barn was about a mile out of
town.
Next day we got an early start and
made Junction, thirty miles, by dark,
having stopped an hour for lunch.
Shortly before coming to Junction one
WJe reached Corvallis early that afternoon, and visited the Agricultural
of us suggested that we try to make
Eugene that night. The idea was tak-
College. There was a field day going on
ing one, and, as we were not very tired,
we concluded to make the attempt. We
first lightened our packs by trading all
that afternoon, and we boldly walked
down through the grounds. We can
hardly blame the Corvallisites for the provisions we had left for a good
laughirigatus,for we looked like tramps
of the deepest dye. Our noble Geologist
square meal at a farm house, and then
we started on our last walk.
had a huge hunting knife hanging to
his belt, the Botanist's leggings, once
white, were a rich brown, while his coat
was one big bunch of rags, and the wind
he moon was high and gave us just
enough light to walk by. In the south
was playing overtures and harmonics
through the Prevaricator's mighty crop
of whiskers. But after the crowd found
and we ran across several people we
we could see the dark mass of Spencer
Butte, which marked our goal. In the
east, a dim shadowy line ofhills beyond
Coburg. We passed through Irving at
half past nine, completed our circuit at
knew. The races were closely contested,
half past ten, passing the well re-
out who we were they became friendly,
and excellent time was made, consid- membered sign post at the crossroads,
ering that the boys had only trained a and stepped on first sidewalk at just
week.
five minutes past eleven. We reached
After the games we went through the Dorm at midnight, having walked
the town, followed by a curious crowd forty miles in fourteen hours and a
of small boys. However, we were pretty half, and two hundred and fifty miles
well used to being stared at, and didn't in nine days and a quarter.
mind it a bit. We were wandering up
and down the street, looking for a good
he next day three sunburned students
could have been seen walking
place to eat supper, when a man came
up and said; "You fellows looking for a from class to class, painfully, but trifeed?"
"Yes."
"Well, I run a hotel down here and
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umphantly, and proud of having accomplished what everybody had said
they would never be able to do.
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Spanning a century with
Ferry Street Bridges
Bridges were less controversial in the early days
Photos courtesy of Lane County Historical Museum
rossing the Willamette River in Eugene was no easy task
in the early days. That was especially so during the rainy
months when the water ran high. You might ford the river
in the low flow of mid to late summer, but the task became
immensely more difficult with the onset of fall rains.
The need to cross remained nonetheless. Call it human nature.
Rain or shine, if you're on the south bank of the river, any river,
chances are excellent that you'll want to be on the north bank before
noon and back again by sundown.
It was Eugene Skinner, the city's founder, who provided the first
service to meet that urge. The launch date varies among historical
sources, but suffice to say that the Skinner ferry service began
sometime between 1847 and 1851. The need to cross the river grew
ever more urgent down through the ensuing decadesas shown by
the sequence of ever more sophisticated structures displayed on
these pages.
There appear to be no photos of the Skinner ferry service, nor could
we locate photographic evidence of the first bridge built across the
river at the site subsequently called the Ferry Street Bridge. EviAn industrious waterfront scene Ca. 1910. Eugene Excelsior Mill is drying
balm wood in foregound, old Ferry Street Bridge spans Willarne te
In 1890, most of the covered bridge at Eugene stood firm against the onslaught
of Willamette flood waters. But the north section washed away.
dence assembled in 1989 by Richard
M. Pettigrew at Infotec Research Inc.,
of Eugene, shows that a structure was
built about 1861 to replace Skinner's
ferry. Pettigrew gathered his information for the City of Eugene's photographic display portraying the history
of the Ferry Street bridges. Not much
information about that early bridge
has appeared in the traditional sources
of Eugene history. Pettigrew says he
could find little in his own search, nor
could he locate a photograph. It presumably would have been a primitive
wooden structure, probably not covered. Teacher-historian Lucile McKenzie of Eugene says she vaguely re16
calls some mention of it in historical
documents she has encountered over
the years, and she vowed that she
would put it on her list of items to
investigate in the near future.
In any event, there have been four
Ferry Street bridges, although the first
two were not called by that name, at
least not at first.
Voters in Eugene had an opportunity to add a fifth bridge in the November election of 1994 but declined to
vote favorably on a measure that would
have either replaced or enhanced the
present (fourth) bridge to accommo-
date the anticipated future traffic.
What a new bridge would have looked
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The beginning of the end for historic covered bridge appears here as
dismantling begins in preparation for a new steel span opened in 1913.
like is anybody's guess, but the staff at
Eugene OBEC Consulting Engineers
the bridge's ability to withstand the
onslaughts of a rampant Willamette
took a stab at it with the computer- River at flood stage. Few Willamette
generated model shown on pages 2021. The design, an OBEC official took
Valley bridges survived the great flood
of 1881, and fewer still the great flood
pains to point out, is but one example of of 1890.
Residents from all over informally
many design possibilities for such a
structure. You should not therefore called the new 1876 bridge "the covunder any circumstances consider it ered bridge in Eugene," often shortan "official" presentation of what such ened to "the Eugene bridge." It was
built by A.S. Miller and Sons with a
a bridge would be.
Many an engineer has learned that main span of 230 feet in a structural
bridges are controversial in the 1990s. design known as the "Smith Patent
They were less so in the 187 Os. Pub- Truss." The cost to Lane County was
lic outcry virtually demanded the sec-
$10,200. Records show that the origi-
ond bridge, built in 1876. Residents nal span required, among other items,
subsequently took immense pride in $3,234 worth of lumber, $225 in paint
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The age of steel arrived at the Ferry Street site in 1913 with the opening of this
bridge, two lanes wide, which served for 38 years. This is a 1942 view.
and shingles, $1,700 in labor, and
$1,000innailsandf'reight. Ofthetotal
firstflood, in January 1881, crested 22
feet above the low-water level. Debris
contract, Lane County put up only half carried by the current attacked and
thatsum,the resttobe raisedbypublic destroyed the northern approach to
subscription, no easy task despite the the bridge but the span itself held firm.
The wayward Willamette, however,
popularity of the project.
This covered bridge, considered an
engineering marvel for its time, served
for 37 years, surviving those two major
uloodsthough not without damage. The
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changed its channel slightly, something
it did frequently during winter's high
waterin thisdeltaarea. Thiscalledfor
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Two bridges spanned the Willamette at the Ferry Street site for a brief time in
1951. New four-lane bridge (left) remains today; 1913 bridge was dismantled.
ened channel. Contractor A. S. Miller
again did the job for $1,279.
But the Willamette River remained
a formidable enemy at flood stage. In
February, 1890 the river rose again,
attracting countless flood watchers who
stood on the bridge to view the murky
waters. They eventually rose to 24 feet
this time, twofeethigher than the 1881
episode. Then late one nightwith no
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spectators present on the bridge, fortu-
natelythe rampaging current carried away both the north ramp and the
newly added north span. But the main
bridge held, and the missing links were
soon replaced, this time by another
contractor, L. N. Roney. The grand old
bridge, which eventually acquired the
name Ferry Street Bridge, served for
almost a quarter of a century more.
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The romance attached to the covered bridge, particularly any covered
bridge now but a memory, cannot, of
course, be matched by a mere steel
span, and even less by the new reinforced concrete bridges of today. A 20foot-wide steel span replaced the covered bridge in 1913 and lasted 38 years
until it, too, succumbed to progress and
traffic. It was replaced in 1951 by the
four-lane span (48 feet wide) of today.
The cost of that most recent bridge was
about 44 times that of the covered
bridge of 1876, or $447,855, paid for by
Oregon, Lane County, and the City of
Eugene. Some community leaders discussed calling it the "Hurd Bridge," in
honor of County Judge Clint Hurd,
who actively promoted the new bridge
as early as 1939. But in the end, the
name "Ferry Street Bridge" prevailed
as it does to this day.Ken Metzler
Sources for this article include the Historian
(November 1959 and March 1960), the City of
Eugene traffic engineer's office, and the book A
Century of Oregon Covered Bridges, by Lee H.
Nelson, published by the Oregon Historical
Society, 1960.)
The future? This computer-generated
concept shows what a new Ferry
Street Bridge might look like. But,
engineers are quick to point out, it is
but one of many possibilities. Bridge
design is controversial in modern
times, and in 1994 voters in Eugene
rejected a proposal to enhance or
replace the "new" bridge, then 43
years old. (Computer model courtesy
of OBEC Consulting Engineers,
Eugene.)
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21
Flam Flam: the story
of a "legal" scam
He never asked for money. Yet he was so articulate, so
charismatic, so convincing that some folks just couldn't resist
pressing cash into his hand.
By Clair C. Cooley
Eugene writer
he announcement on this
page appeared in the Eugene Guard on April 21,
1923.
I had to attend that
meeting to try to find out how the
electronic inventions of Rev. Dr. David
Eugene Olson worked. I found out!
One of his inventions was quite visible
and mysterious.
The mystery was a huge Packard
sedan, a luxury car of the early 20s. On
top of the car he had four white insulators (used by electricians in those days)
mounted one on each corner of the roof.
They were holding a copper wire like
an antenna. On the radiator cap of the
car was a brass bell. The other inven-
BIG Oil. MASS MEETING
AT ARMORY
TONIGHT!
EIGHT O'CLOCK SHARP
Wear Dr. Olson on the prospects of a great oil field in
and near Eugene. The bublic is urgently requested
to attend. Matters of the most vital importance to the entire community will be presented. Admissiou
Free. No Collection.
I'.
COME EARLY IF VOlT WANT A SEAT
how it worked other than how deep to
drill. Allegedly he had found several
pools in Texas and California which he
tion was not shown yet. Perhaps we
said he had developed. Some other
would find out at the meeting how they
developers had beaten him to leasing
worked. He said that he could drive
of the land but he was the one who had
shown them where to drill. Dr. Olson
was anxious to do the same right here
in Lane County. Also he knew ofa huge
this car over a piece of ground and his
secret machine would ring the bell when
he drove over a pooi of oil. He was not
at liberty to tellushowitworkedbuthe
river of oil that flowed from Central
America to Alaska, and he said lots of
scientists knew of the river but would
Dr. Olson had another invention he not tell of it.
showed us, though he couldn't tell us
The people of Eugene had heard a
had found big pools of oil under Eugene
and Cottage Grove.
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Lane County Historian
lot about the Reverend David Eugene
Olson and packed the building to capacity. He had become well known in
Oregon Graduate School, and Chester
E. Washburne, U.S. Geological Survey.
All of them had studied oil fields in
Oregon and other states, and they felt
mons, his great charisma, and his that they knew their business.
Their conclusion: It won't pay.
declaration that he had found high
That didn't stop Dr. Olson. He congrade oil in our area.
Many knowledgeable people were tinued his meetings and, in his eloquent
trying to tell everyone that there may manner of speaking, he ridiculed the
be some oil here, but never in paying geologists. "The geologists are
quantities; people wanted to find out 'foologogists' who talk like they know
more from this respected man. We had everything. They had also said there
already heard about how he had been was no oil in Texas, Wyoming, and
asked to come to Lane County by Dr. E Montana." There is no evidence that
C. Sanderson, the president of the Eu- geologists had ever made that stategene Bible University. Dr. Olson went ment. Dr. Olsonwentonto saythatthe
the area because of his popular ser-
right to work as a helper to many of the
Christian churches in the small com-
geologists were Darwinians, a popular
derogatory name that fundamentalist
Christians used frequently, implying
sermons and was a big help to some you could not believe in evolution ifyou
munities in the area. He gave excellent
struggling small churchesa very
believed the Bible's account of creation.
spiritual man.
Dr. Olson stressed that he was not
asking for money. He had wealth
Dr. Olson said, 'They cannot tell a
monkey from a man." He also said,
enough of his own to erect the derricks
and drill to completion.
Would you believe him? After all he
was such a fine, charismatic, holy man
have to stick to their statements to
discourage drilling because, when I
and he seemed to be so sincere. It
would be so nice if we had oil here; it is
sometimes hard to scratch out a living
on the homesteads.
The geologists did question his yentare. Several geologists and agencies
had published articles in depth about
"Although they are good people, they
bring in paying wells, they will all lose
their jobs."
There were otherinvestigations also.
A group of bankers formed a commit-
tee that would study the proposed
drilling, then recommend whether or
not the Olson venture was a sound
investment. As expected, their study
resulted in a "Do not invest" recom-
their studies of oil in the areathe mendation.
Condon Club from the University of
Oregon, Warren D. Smith, head of geology, and Edwin T. Hodge, professor
of geology, both at the University of
Oregon; Douglass C. Livingston, head
of geology, and E. L. Packard, professor
of geology, both at Oregon Agricultural
College; Hubert Schenk, University of
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Oregon's Governor Walter Pierce
summoned Dr. Olson and his brother
to Salem for a conference concerning
oil drilling in Lane County. The meetinglastedfourhoursbutthe conclusion,
if any, was not made public. The governor remained neutral.
Surely now, Dr. Olson would give up
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Oil Promoter
ND EDENCE
and move on. He became more aggressive. He started to get in the materials
to build his derricks, and he began
receiving the well drilling machinery
and pipes. The Eugene Bible University owned 3,000 acres south of Eugene,
so Dr. Olson had permission to use any
of the area he needed. His secret instruments told him to drill on the hill
where 28th Avenue and Baker Street
are now located. The other spot was on
top of Mt. David in Cottage Grove. His
detractors noticed thathe put both rigs
on top of hills so they would be more
conspicuous.
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So far he had not asked for any money.
He said he had money enough to see it
to the finish all on his own. But according to him, there were so many, many
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He erected his derrick May 15, 1923
and started drilling on June, 9, 1923.
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Oil-mania headlines.
had been sucked in.
Dr. Olson was never indicted for
people who expressed the desire to fraud, because he had only done what
help him he had to figure a way that people wanted him to do, according to
they could. He created 300 shares of an attorney I talked with.
stock and let people invest at $1,000 a
A rumor was circulated that the
share. They wanted oil (and money) so
EBUhad invested so much inhisproject
badly that they evidently did buy his that the university went bankrupt and
shares. There is no sure way to find out
as a result the Pacific Christian Hospi-
who or for that matter how many did
buy. My family was certain that three
farmers they knew did buy in. So he
tal also was bankrupt. According to
asked him to sell. Nothing illegal there.
Ihave had two people saythathe did
spill a barrel or two around the drilling
rigs. I did not see that but it could have
happened. It was oily around the drill-
ion of the college's historian is that the
college went broke because of mismanagement, not the alleged investments
ing place but maybe all oil wells are
that way.
anathema at the university.
Of course, the project folded and Dr.
Olson left town. Alot of poor people lost
money they couldn't afford. Evidently
Christian College. The hospital was
taken over by an order of Catholic
nuns, "Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace"
Martha Goodrich, who wrote her mas-
ters degree thesis on the history of
never asked people to buypeople Northwest Christian College, the opin-
for Dr. Olson. She did say that the
name of Dr. Olson had become an
The Bible school became Northwest
it was never known who they were and the name changed to Sacred Heart
because losers would seldom admit they
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which it still is.
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The Masonic Cemetery
By Ken Guzowski
The City of Eugene
T
he Eugene Masonic Cemetery Association is a nonprofit organization established in 1994 through the
work ofthe Eugene Masonic
Lodge #11, the City of Eugene, and a
large group of citizens committed to
restoring the Hope Abbey Mausoleum
and Masonic Cemetery at Eugene.
This ten-acre cemetery is one of
Eugene's most significant historic
landscapes. The cemetery stands on a
tree-covered hillside where about 475
vandalism. Vandals ravaged all 79
amber glass windows, which resulted
in the bricking up of all window openings from the exterior. Graffiti has
been a constant nuisance on the exterior of the mausoleum's poured concrete walls. The roof leaks and there is
serious efflorescence and exfoliation
evident on the interior and exterior of
the structure, which is compromising
high quality materials such as marble,
bronze grillwork, and terrazzo floors.
The National Trust for Historic
plots are laid out in 20-foot squares
separated by eight-foot-wide paths.
When the cemetery was dedicated in
1859, the population of Eugene was
Preservation awarded the City of Eugene a grant to fund creation of a cemetery and mausoleum restoration plan.
Eugene Masonic Lodge #11 contribless than 800. In 1995 our population uted $1,000 to help match the grant.
has exceeded 120,000, surrounding the The State Historic Preservation Office
cemetery with middle-class housing. is providing funding to conduct a full
Hope Abbey Mausoleum was built photographic and written survey of
in 1913 and is the best example of every plot and marker in the cemetery.
Egyptian Revival architecture in Or- Monument repair began for 100 vanegon. It was designed by Oregon ar- dalized tombstones last December with
chitect Ellis F. Lawrence, who became the expertise of Jim Watkins from the
founder and dean of the University of Eugene Granite and Marble Works
Oregon's School of Architecture from and dedicated volunteers.
Anyone interested in learning more
1914 to 1946.
In 1980 the cemetery and mauso- about this project may call me at the
leum became a City of Eugene Historic City of Eugene Planning Division, 687Landmark and was listed on the Na- 5481 or Kay Holbo, president of the
tional Register of Historic Places.
Masonic Cemetery Association, P0 Box
In the past 25 years the cemetery 5934, Eugene 97405. Volunteers, conand mausoleum have been subjected to tributions and recollections of the
deterioration by the elements and by cemetery in days past are needed.
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Rose Bowl mania: the spice
of historical coincidence
How the records fall when the Ducks are on the field
By George Beres
Eugene writer
coincidence is the spice of history, there's a liberal sprinkling
of it in the University of' Oregon's
return to the Rose Bowl in 1995.
in 1923. Its head coach was Hugo
Bezdek, the man who six years earlier
coached Oregon to victory in the game
over Penn State's sister university,
First, much was made of that
date coming 37 years after the Ducks'
most recent appearance in the game in
1958, which came after a similar lapse
of time from their last previous Rose
Bowl game in 1920. But coincidences
go far beyond that. For example:
Oregon's 1995 defensive line coach,
Joe Schaffeld, is a direct link between
Pennsylvania.
The 1958 Rose Bowl made a lasting
impression on Oregon alumnus John
McKay, at that time one of the assistants for Ducks coach Len Casanova. A
few years later McKay was back in the
Rose Bowl on a regular basis as coach
of a football dynasty in the University
of Southern California.
the '95 and '58 teams, as he played
virtually the entire game at guard in
minder ofa reality ofrecruiting players
'58. Under the rules of those years, the
"entire" game meant just that, as play-
Casanova got from McKay a re-
in California compared to Oregon.
Casanova noticed in one of McKay's
ers went both ways instead of being USC Bowl victories the successful use
Joe played all but five of a play that McKay, as Oregon offenminutes opposite Ohio State all- sive guru, had chosen not to use.
platooned.
American, Aurelius Thomas.
As Joe recalled the 1958 game, "All
I was thinking about was trying to
"I asked him why he didn't use that
play with us," said Casanova. "He said,
'Cas, at Oregon we just didn't have the
survive,"though the Ducks didfarmore
than that, losing to the heavily-favored
Buckeyes by the scant margin of a field
goal, 10-7.
Considerthis bit ofdéjàvu: Oregon's
1995 foe, BigTen champion Penn State,
personnel for that play. I've got those
players now."
The most vivid parallel between the
Oregon teams of '58 and '95 was the
played in one previous Rose Bowl game,
games would be giant mismatches. In
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way reporters wrote off chances for the
Ducks to win, predicting that both
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Rose Bowl days, 1958. Players (1. to r.) Harry Mondale, Norm Chapman, Jim
Shanley, and Jack Morris with Coach Casanova. (Photo: U.O. Archives.)
1995 syndicated columnist Jim
20 respectively. And in each game, the
Murray'sjokingly cynical column about
Oregon slim chances was posted on the
walls of the Oregon dressing room. If it
Oregon quarterbackJack Crabtree
fired up the Oregon squad in 1995, it
was no less so in 1958.
(shared in 1995 with Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter.) Both times
"Los Angeles writers called our game
the Oregon squad relied heavily on
the biggest mismatch they'd ever had
passing. In 1958 Oregon's Ron Stover
and Danny O'Neilwould be selected
the game's "most valuable player"
in the Rose Bowl," recalled Coach set a Rose Bowl record by catching ten
Casanova. "They gave us no chance passes. In 1995 Oregon's Josh Wilcox
whatsoever. That's one of the things caught 11 passes. Unfortunately for
that got us a little fired up before the Wilcox, by 1995 that feat no longer
game. We were out to prove we had qualified for a Rose Bowl record.
ability. I'll tell you, the kids showed it.
But centuries from now, the histori-
They outgutted everybody and gave
Ohio State all it could handle."
cal archives will show that back in
And, for the record, the fate we now
call history would add a final touch of
coincidence: In both bowl games, Oregon outgained its opponents statisti-
full of Rose Bowl recordsincluding
cally in first downs and yards gained
team posted still another Rose Bowl
but lost on the scoreboard, 10-7 and 38-
record: most offensive plays (92).
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1995 Dan O'Neil established a barrel
most passes attempted (61), most
passes completed (41), and most yardage gained passing (456). Together the
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Answers to the trivia quiz
Please take the trivia quiz on page 3this time it focuses on the
University of Oregon, courtesy of archivist Keith Richardbefore
reading the following.
1. Football field No. 1 came into use in 1894 and
served until 1902. It parallels present-day Kincaid
Street, from 13th to what would be 12th, or the sidewalk
that runs from Kincaid to Deady Hall. It bore
name, and no Rose Bowl team ever played on its turf
Football field No.2, Kincaid Field, served from 1903
through 1918. It ran parallel East 13th Avenue from
Kincaid eastward to the present-day parking lot for
Johnson Hall, the University's administration building.
The Rose Bowl team of 1917 played exclusively on this
field, and the Rose Bowl team of 1920 played on this
field and then on the No. 3 grounds, Hayward Field.
Gridiron No. 3, Hayward Field, opened in 1919 at
East 15th Avenue and Agate Street, and remains to this day as the
site for track and field events. The Rose Bowl team of 1920 played
there, as did the Rose Bowl team of 1958. Other Hayward teams
played in the 1949 Cotton Bowl, the 1960 Liberty Bowl, and the 1962
Liberty Bowl.
The Institute of Marine Biology at Charleston, near Coos Bay.
Paul Simon, Democrat, representing Illinois, and William Roth,
Republican, representing Delaware.
The telescope was moved to the roof of Deady Hall, then to the
new science building in 1951 (the building was named three times,
incidentally, first "Science," then "Science I," and now "Pacific Hall").
The telescope moved again to the Pine Mountain Observatory in
Central Oregon. It eventually was laid to rest in the University
archives.
Oregon Hall, originally the School of Education (now part of the
Gilbert complex) and Fenton Hall, originally the U. of 0. library.
(a) Esslinger Hall, the original Infirmary (now Volcanology), the
original part of the Library, and Chapnan Hall. (b) They were built
during the Depression Era, 1935-193 9. (c) The federal Public Works
Administration paid for the construction. (d) The Work Projects
Administration paid for the art work.
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Lane County Historian
Board of Directors of the
Lane County Historical Society
Terms expire 1995:
Robert H. Cox, John McWade, Ethan L.
Newman, Joseph Omlin, Janice Pattison, Terms expire 1996:
Gilbert M. Hulin, Lucile McKenzie, Alta P. Nelson, Donald T. Smith,
Alfaretta Spores. Terms expire 1997: A. J. Giustina, Orlando J.
Hollis, Ken Metzler, Frances Newsom, Karen Olson. Director
Emeritus: John W. Pennington. Officers: Ethan L. Newman,
president; A. J. Giustina, vice president; Alfaretta Spores, recording
secretary; Donald T. Smith, treasurer.
How to keep in touch with
your Lane County Heritage
Thinkfor a moment about the things you may not have known about Lane
County history:
Total amount of real estate dealings in January 1869: $8,806.50.
Identity of the "Poet of the Willamette" 1880s: Samuel L. Simpson.
Sample of Mr. Simpson's work, a stanza from "Ad Willamettum":
"Oh, thy glimmering rush of gladness
Mocks this turbid life of mine,
Rushing to the wild forever
Down the sloping paths of time."
First settler on Camp Creek: Joseph McLean, 1852.
Settlers arriving in Lane County in 1847 (as "treacherous" memory
serves): James M. Spores, Elisha W. Griffith, W. L. Davis, Ephriam
Hughes, George Gilbert, Ashland 0. Stevens, Isaac Stevens, Ware,
Snooks, Russell T. Hill, Luther White, A. Coryell, and Louis Coryell.
The great floods of Lane County: 1851-2, 1861 -2, and 1881-2.
These are among the items to be gleaned by reading the prime contact with
the 19th Century past, A. G. Walling's 1884 book, Illustrated Historyof Lane
County, Oregon, now available in reprint form. It is available to members
of the Lane County Historical Society for $44.00, a membership discount
from the regular retail price of $49.50. To order, write the Society, P0 Box
11532, Eugene, OR 97440 and pay only on delivery. (There is a $4.00
charge for postage if the book is to be mailed.) Non-members may
purchase copies at the retail price.
Lane County Histhrical Society
P0 Box 11532
Eugene, OR 97440
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Address Correction Requested
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